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[Front]
To all whom it may Concern:
[An illustration with stars, flags and eagle about to take flight.
Also a Bounty Paid stamp which reads as follows:
[handwritten above] July 28, 1866
#100
BOUNTY PAID
Washington, D.C.
July 17, 1867
D. Taylor,
Paymaster,
U.S.A.]
Know ye, That Barney Kaiser a
Sergeant of Captain Wm [William] B. Richardson
Company C, 4th Regiment of Ohio Calvary
Volunteers who was enrolled on the Twenty first [21] day of September
on thousand eight hundred and sixty two [1862] to serve three [3] years or
during the war, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States,
this 24th day of June, 1865 at Nashville
Tenn [Tennessee] by reason of Genl order 83 W.D. [War Department] May 8th, 1865
(No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist*)
Said Barney Kaiser was born in Hanover in the State of Germany is Twenty-four [24] years of age,
five [5] feet six [6] inches high, light complexion, grey eyes,
light hair and by occupation when enrolled, a Cooper
Given at Nashville Tennessee this Twenty-fourth [24] day of
June 1865
W.B. Richardson
Capt Co. C 4th
Commanding the Reg't [crossed out] Discharging
[at bottom left]
[small pointing finger illustration] *This sentence will be erased [italic begins] should there be anything in the conduct for physical condition [italic ends] of the soldier rendering him [italic begins] unfit for the Army [italic ends]
A.G O No 99.
[handwritten vertically across the text]
[illegible name]
Capt 18 U.S. Infantry
[illegible]
Paid June 28, 1865
by [illegible name]
Paymaster
U of A
[Reverse side]
Oath of Identity
Barney Keiser [Keiser]
of the town of Cincinnati
Count of Hamilton in the State of Ohio
On this 10 day of October in the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty five [1865] personally appeared
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the county
and her [here] above mentioned, Barney Keiser [Kaiser]
who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the
identical Person who was
a Sergeant in the company commanded by
Captain W. B. Richartson [William B. Richardson] in the regiment
4th Ohio commanded by Capt Thompson
that he enlisted on the 21st day of September
for the term of Three Years and was discharged
Honorable on the 24th day
June 1865 by reason of Gen [General] Order 83, W.D. [War Department] May 8th 1865
Barney Kaiser
worn and subscribed to before me the day and year above written
John Gerke
I certify that John Gerke before
whom the above affidavit purports to have been made, is a Justice of
the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths, and that the above is
his signature.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal this 10th day of October
in the year One Thousand and Sixty five [1865]
at Storrs in the State of Ohio
Hamilton County
Clerk of the Henry [illegible]